Russian Troops Advance Toward Teheran Amid Persian Turmoil
Russian forces at Resht move on Teheran after Persian National Council rejects Russian ultimatum. Reports from Teheran describe assassinations of Ale Ed Dowich and unrest linked to W Morgan Shuster case. British and German wires note tensions and calls for settlement to avert Persia’s partition.
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Ala Ed
Dowich
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Shuster
London
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United States
House of Commons
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Newcastle-on- Tyne
Edward
Shuste
Youth 15 Arrested for Brother's Death in Calgary
Police arrest William Middleton twenty year old bookkeeper for the murder of his brother John Middleton in Calgary. They seek a man named Anderson who posed as the uncle and fled. A blood stained five dollar bill is among exhibits, the police say, and robbery is the motive.
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John Middleton
William
Calgary
William Middleton
Anderson
Winnipeg
Death of Judge Grantham at Seventy-Six
London reports the death of Sir William Crantham known as Grantham, aged 76, a veteran metropolitan bench figure who sat in parliament 1874 to 1886. He faced criticism over social views yet was praised for impartial justice and notable courtroom moments.
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Grantham
Crantham
Justice Grantham
Big Expenditure to Sustain 2101 Standard for England's Navy
London observers foresee a major naval loan of 150,000,000 pounds or more to support navy expansion. The Pall Mall Gazette argues Britain must uphold the 2 to 1 standard and fund docks for dreadnoughts at 80, with Germany's naval buildup prompting a show of determination.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Cam
Paign
Germany
Great Britain
Sir Sanford Fleming presses Canada Cement pullback
Ottawa dispatch reports Sir Sanford Fleming continues pursuit of the Canada Cement Company. He cites a letter from Prime Minister Borden dated November 15 promising court remedies for shareholders and the creation of a permanent tariff commission with broad powers to investigate and advise. The PM also notes a possible check on over capitalisation under review.
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Ottawa
Sanford Fleming
Canada Cement Company
Borden
Sanford
Montreal Customs Revenues Rise in November
Montreal reports port customs collections for November reaching $1 760 494 an increase of $84 508 from last year Inland revenue receipts total $824 040 95 up $124 279 82 year over year for the month.
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WA P. Dispatch
Montreal
Inland Revenue Department
Department
National Council of English Teachers Opens First Meeting
In Chicago on December 1 the National Council of Teachers of English began its first meeting. The body aims to improve current English teaching methods deemed wholly insufficient and represents nearly every region of the country.
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Chicago
National Council of Teachers of English
National Educational Association
Kings George and Mary Suffer Rough Passage to Durbar
Reports from the steamship Medina carrying King George and Queen Mary to the Indian Durbar describe an unusually turbulent Bay of Biscay. Queen Mary vacated her cabin for a storm apartment with a swinging cat while the king remained aboard. The convoying warships fared worse with damaged boats and railings as they pressed on.
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London
Medina
King George
Queen Mary
Bay of Biscay
Berlin Faces Two Bis Strike Narrowing Metal Labor Pact
Berlin reports a lockout of metal workers affecting an estimated 50 000 to 60 000 men. Delegates for workers and employers discuss possible settlement as a wider strike includes 40 000 female home workers and 30 000 tailor intermediates. A prospect of settlement is described as likely.
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Berlin
Princess Patricia 18 Brings Bobsleigh on Voyage
London December 1 an interested crowd mostly ladies watched Princess Patricia depart Euston with Christmas gifts and a bobsleigh for her own use at Liverpool she was met by Countess Derby and the Lady Mayoress who attended her aboard the Empress of Ireland.
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London
Patricia
Euston
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Marie Louise
Earl Grey
Dudley Ward
Colonial Office
Lord Strathcona
Countess Weymess
Jady Muriel Paget
Liverpool
Countess Derby
Papal Delegate Case Advances in Montreal Proceedings
The case involving Monseignor Sbarelli and the Papal delegate moves forward in Montreal as preliminaries proceed. Justice Broneau sets further interrogatories to be considered, while defense counsel object to many questions deemed unrelated to the dispute.
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Canada
Mer. Sbaretti
Austrian minister shot during Reichstrath session
A gunman fired four shots at Minister Terr Hoehenburger of drasties in the Austrian Reichstrath session on October 1. He received seven years hard labor after a two day trial. St. J. Egus was barred from the gallery as rioters protested high food prices. The bullets missed both Hochenburger and Count Seurgekh.
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Reichstrath
St. J. Egus
Herr Hochenburger
Count Seurgekh
Duke at Hamilton Opens with City Welcome
Hundreds of factory whistles and bells greeted the Duke and Duchess of Connaught in Hamilton on December 1. A thousand students lined James Street as the royal party arrived, met by the mayor and council, then driven to the armouries where a civic address was presented.
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Hamilton
Metal Trades Lockout Affects Seventy Thousand Workers
In Boston on December 1, a lockout will close facilities for 70,000 metal trades workers after failure to accept an agreement drafted by the joint committee of employers and unions. The action ends a strike that began in October with four thousand metal workers.
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W. A. P. Dispatch
Boston
Mags
Joint Committee of Employers and Trades Unionists
Papal appointments honor Cardials in Rome
Pope Pius X names Cardinal Farley to consistorial and propaganda congregations Cardinal O Connell to rites and studies congregations and Cardinal Falconio to propaganda and religions congregations in Rome on December 30.
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Rome
Hockey Star Skinner Poulin Weds Calgary Girl
Calgary December 1. Skinner T M Poulin the well known hockey star secretly married here yesterday to Miss Marie McCaul. Mr and Mrs Poulin left last night for the coast where Skinner is signed to play with Lester Patrick's Victoria hockey team.
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Calgary
Skinner
Poulin
Marie McCaul
Coast
Lester Patrick
Victoria
Highland corps proposal praised at Regina banquet
At the St. Andrew's Society annual banquet in Regina Saskatchewan a telegram from the Minister of Militia and Defence indicated the proposal to form a highland corps in the city would receive his almost favorable attention.
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Regina
Sask
St. Andrew's Society
French Squadron to Visit Canadian Ports Next Spring
Special news from France reports a French squadron of warships will visit Canada in spring. The ships will stay five days in Halifax, eight days in Quebec, and eight days in Montreal.
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France
Canada
Halifax
Montreal
Cuban Cruiser Ready Sails to Cuba from England
Cowes on the island of Wight December 1 reports the completion and sailing of a small Cuban armed cruiser built in England for the Cuban government.
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Island of Wight
England
Cuba
Britain weighs naval armament increase and loans
The Daily Express reports rumors that Winston Churchill might back a large navy expansion funded by loans. It notes Germany’s rising shipbuilding and Britain’s cautious policy of financing new vessels from revenue, with potential implications for imperial cooperation and future defense shortages.
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Daily Express
Germany
London
Dee
Winston Churchill
Joan
Canada
United Kingdom
Furth
Britain
Churchill
Guildhall
Blue Water
Pirates Have Free Hand in China
Chinese piracy and lawlessness surge along the West River and Canton as armed robber bands loot shops and a bank. Canton’s police are unarmed while Hong Kong authorities impose flogging for minor offences and foreign powers monitor the crisis with mediation possible. London says Britain United States and Japan seek neutral stance amid tensions. A separate classified line lists a snap-50 foot lot on Balmoral Street offered at 450.00 by H C Pettet & Co.
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China
West River
Canton
London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
United States
Japan
John N. Jordan
Pekin
Railway conductors push reforms for strikes relief
Mr. J Henry Hall of Toronto represents the Order of Railway Conductors in Ottawa to promote legislation that will ease burdens against strikes. Additional reforms seek better equipped and shorter lines and other regulations.
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J. H. Hall
Ottawa
W. A. P. Dispatch
J. Henry Hall
Toronto
Steamer Raleigh Wreck Deadly Night Aftershore
In Buffalo New York on December 1 the Raleigh wrecked off Sherkston Ontario with four bodies found and a third missing. The prow remained visible at dawn among breakers a quarter mile offshore as a offshore storm raged and the ship threatened to break up. Engineer William Pritchard is believed dead along with Fred Wise the cook and his wife, with a third body reported farther down the beach.
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N. Y
Raleigh
Sherkston
Wm. Pritchard
Fred Wise
Agreement proposed between lacrosse leagues stirs pro league fears
The Montreal Herald reports inside information that the British Columbia Lacrosse League with Vancouver and New Westminster plans an agreement with the National Lacrosse Union. The move is seen as a tactic against the newly organized four club Dominion Lacrosse Union.
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British Columbia Lacrosse League
Vancouver
New Westminster
National Lacrosse Union
Dominion Lacrosse Union
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